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Making Excel Work for you

Structure of this afternoon

where to get help

basic functionwriting

tricks

Function writing

= tells excel you want to write a function

The function then tells you what you need to enter

Then you select ranges, set criteria, chose an option.....

Function writing

Example 1: Countif statementLets count the number of sales that are £300o or above

1) Tell excel that you are writing the equation

2) Select the range3) Add the criteria“>=3000”

Have a play......

About 10 minutes

Sort vs Filter

UsesSort Arrange by more than one factor at a

time Ranks data quickly by your definitions No limit to criteria selectable

Filter

Quick selection of data Removes information you don’t need

Tricks

Changes a cells format based on a criteria

Tricks

Lets highlight sales for Luke over $3000

1) Setup a column that is 1 for Luke and 0 for not Luke using an IF statement

2) Do the same for >3000 and not

3) Setup a column that counts the previous two

Pivot Tables

Are AwesomeSelect all data

Press the button using default

settings

Choose row headingChoose column

headingGive excel

something to count

Where to get help....

Excel help:Each function is explain with examples

Youtube:Search a termOrSearch Excel is fun